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The series of Northumberland junior squash tournaments, sponsored by racket suppliers
Unsquashable, finished with a presentation event on 17 May 2009 at Tynemouth Squash Club.
There have been twelve county ranking tournaments between September 2008 and May 2009 held
at Northern, Jesmond and Tynemouth Squash Clubs. Each tournament has attracted up to 70
junior players ranging in age from 7 to 16 years from across Northumberland. Divided into league
groups based on ability, the juniors competed against each other to accumulated bonus points in
the hope of wining Unsquashable rackets, bags and goggles at the end of the season.
The last tournament coincided with an exhibition match at Tynemouth Squash Club between two
former world number 1 players, Peter Nicol and Lee Beachill, and the juniors were thrilled to have
their prizes presented by these superstars of the sport.
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Congratulations to the prize winners:
Harry Carr (Northern), Jamie Groom (Jesmond), Sam Birch-Machin (Northern),
Sam Broughton (Northern), Martyn Hope (Tynemouth), Greg Bojke (Tynemouth),
Alex Robertson (Northern), Simon Graham (Hexham), Sam Noble (Northern),
Lewis Bartram (Tynemouth), Simon Grabham (Northern) and Jamie Todd (Tynemouth)
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Richard Vitty, one of the tournament organisers, said “Junior squash is thriving in this
area and it is tremendous that a local company like Unsquashable is prepared to
support these popular local events”.
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